4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2. 1973
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, May 30
Live Poultry
Prices of light type hens held
steady. Offerings generally
barely adequate for full needs.
Finished product moving
well. Offerings of heavy hens
adequate for a fair call.
Prices paid at farm: light type
hens 12-1614, mostly 16-16V2 in
Pa., Mostly 15-16 in N. J. Heavy
type hens TFEWR.
Fogelsville
Tuesday, May 29
(Prices paid dock weights, cents
per lb.)
Light type hens 11-16; Heavy
type hens 13-35, mostly 20-28;
Pullets 40-48; Roasters 30-51,
mostly 42-51; Rabbits 80-97%,
mostly 95-97; Guineas 1.28%-1.37;
Pigeons (per pair) 1.51-4.02.
Total coops sold 251.
Auction every Tuesday.
Poultry received Monday 7 p.m
to 10'30 p.m. Tuesday 7 a.m. to 12
Noon, Sale at 11:30 a.m.
Directions - Take Rt 22
thruway Exit at Fogelsville
Exit North on stoplight in
Fogelsville Turn left, proceed 1
mile.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, May 31
Receipts This Week 3400, Last
Week 3200 and Last Year 4100 As
compared to last weeks close,
slaughter steers steady to 25
instances 50 higher Slaughter
heifers ended 25-50 lower. Cows
steady and bulls steady
Supply mainly Choice
slaughter steers and heifers with
several loads Choice and Prime
steers and heifers Receipts
about 70 percent steers, 20 per
cent heifers and balance cows
STEERS - On Wednesday,
Choice and Prime 1250-1300
pounds 2-4 47 50-47 75, on
Tuesday two loads at 48 25
Choice 975-1275 2-4 46 50-47 50
some at 47 75 on Wednesday
Mixed Good and Choice 900-1250
45 00-46 75 Good 43 25-45 00.
Standard and Good Holstems
41 00-43 00 '
HEIFERS - Choice and Prime
900-1050 pounds 2-4 46 25-46 50 on
Wednesday one load at 46 85.
Choice 775-1050 2-4 44 50- 46.00
Mixed Good and Choice 750-950
43 00-44 50 Good 40.75-43 25
COWS - Commercial 29 GO
-33 50 Utility 33 50-36 50 High
Yielding 36 50-37 00 Cutter 29 50-
34 00 Canner 23 25-29 50
BULLS - Utility and Com
mercial 37 00-42 50 High Yielding
Utility 42 50-43 75 individual
44 00
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s
Own Farm Weekly
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Office 22 E Mam St, Lititz,
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Phone Lancaster 717-394-3047
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Poultry Market Reports
Ready to cook movement fairly
good. Slaughter schedules con
tinue heavy in most quarters.
Less than trucklot prices con
tinue to hold unchanged on both
plant and US Grade A. Live
supplies ample with weights
heavier than desired in many
quarters. Undertone steady.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival: US Grade A
41-46, mostly 42-42>4; Plant grade
40-44, mostly 41-4114.
Prices higher on all sizes.
Cartoning demand fair to oc
casionally good especially where
mediums featured at 53-55 cents.
Stocks adequate. Undertone fully
steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivered:
store door A Extra Large 60-61V2;
A Large 59-60%; A Mediums 52%-
54.
Market fully steady. Demand
slow to fair. Supplies adequate
for needs. Cartoned eggs: Prices
to retailers, state grades (min
one case sale) White Grade A.
Large 60-68, mostly 60-63; Grade
A Medium 56-62, mostly 57-59.
Oklahoma City
Thursday, May 31
Estimated Receipts 14,000
Same Day Last Week 21,760
Same Day Last Year 14,329
Moderately active, compared
to late last week, feeder cattle
and calves uneven, offerings over
500 pounds steady to 50 cents
lower, some sales on low to
average Good grades 75 cents
off, feeder calves under 500
pounds in relative small supply,
generally steady, some sales 50
cents to 1 00 lower on good grade.
Salable receipts of near 14,000
head sharply curtailed compared
to last weeks record supply of
21,760 head selling at the Thur-
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Peewees 32 33 33
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Long Tone - Large sizes fully steady to firm, Small sizes steady.
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, May 29
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
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minutes General rains of one to
two inches in the marketing area
making side roads muddy and
contributing to the reduced
receipts Majority receipts Good
and Choice 500-850 pounds steers
and 450-650 pound heifers. Fairly
large attendance buyers.
SALES AS OF 12:30 P.M
FEEDER STEERS: Small lot
Choice 377 pound Steer Calves
67.25-Few 430-477 62.80-64.25; 500-
600 55.00-59.75 ; 600-700 51.50-54.50;
700-800 50.00-51.90, part load 695 at
52.30, 800-900 48.50-51.00, short
load 842 at 51 70; mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 58.00-65.25; 500-700
50.00- 700-850 48.00-50.00;
Good 350-500 55.25-60.50 ; 500-700
48.00- 50.
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Trailer Shop, Bareville; Rain
Date June 9.
7:30 p.m. - Manheim Young
Farmer monthly meeting
Weed Control, vo-ag depart
ment, Manheim Central High
School.
8
p.m. -- Lancaster County
Poultry Association Board of
Directors meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Fri,
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4:30 p.m. - Lancaster County
Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association
meeting, Brownstown Vo-
Tech School.
Lancaster County Farmers
Association meeting, Farm
And Home Center.
7:30 p.m. - Lancaster County
Conservation District
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
Eastern Milk Producers Annual
meeting and banquet, Hotel
Syracuse, Syracuse, N. Y.
Friday, June 8
Penn Willows 4-H Club meeting
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing
Association meeting. Yellow
Breeches Motor Inn.
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Regional Hay Prices
Monday, May 29,1973
(All hay No. 2 and better prices
paid by dealers at the farm price
per ton.)
Hay and Straw steady to weak.
Alfalfa 50.00-70.00
Mixed hay 35.00-45.00
few to 55.00
'25.00-40.00
20.00-
15.00-
Timothy hay
Straw
Mulch
F.O B. State College, Pa
Includes ends and BIG double
door.
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